October 20, 2025
10 entries published that day, the everything feed by the day each row entered the record; the timeline lists milestones alone, by the day they happened. Each is one sourced row of the record: what happened, where, and where it came from. Nothing here is an article and nothing is unapproved.
- New Jersey Bill event
A. 5462, Requires electric public utilities to develop and apply special rules for large load customers to protect non-large load customers from increased costs.. A. 5462 went to committee in the Senate. 2025-10-20. New Jersey Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)
- New Jersey Bill event
S. 4293, Requires owner or operator of data center to submit water and energy usage report to BPU.. S. 4293 was vetoed. 2025-10-20. New Jersey Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)
- New York Bill event
S. 8536, Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers as a result of increased costs incurred due to the building or operation of a data center except to those ratepayers involved with or associated with the building or operation of such data center or semiconductor fabrication plant.. S. 8536 was introduced in the Senate. 2025-10-20. New York Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)
- New York Bill event
S. 8536, Prohibits electric corporations and gas corporations from passing along costs or increasing charges to ratepayers as a result of increased costs incurred due to the building or operation of a data center except to those ratepayers involved with or associated with the building or operation of such data center or semiconductor fabrication plant.. S. 8536 went to committee in the Senate. 2025-10-20. New York Legislature primary source (dated by the legislature's own record of the action)
- New Jersey Statement
Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey. "Given that P.L.2025, c.98 initiates a study about the energy impacts of data centers, amending that existing law to incorporate the specific aspects of energy and water usage in this bill is a natural fit." Said October 20, 2025, Office of the Governor of New Jersey. Office of the Governor of New Jersey primary source (quoted; said in the source itself)
- New Jersey Statement
Philip D. Murphy, Governor of New Jersey. "These changes are designed to streamline related efforts to evaluate the impacts of data centers on State and regional resources, and to create an initial assessment after which future reporting requirements may be considered based upon the information gathered." Said October 20, 2025, Office of the Governor of New Jersey. Office of the Governor of New Jersey primary source (quoted; said in the source itself)
- Virginia Jurisdiction event
Stafford County. The US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District received permit application NAO-2025-01543 for Project Sisson on 2025-10-20. nao.usace.army.mil primary source (reported on this date) (source date; the content gives no date of its own)
- Iowa News item
Government Notes: Linn County Planning & Zoning to discuss data centers this week - thegazette.com. Linn County Planning and Zoning Commission to discuss data centers. thegazette.com, 2025-10-20. thegazette.com local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)
- QC News item
Orio Cloud | Un centre de données « entièrement souverain » - La Presse. Orio Cloud operates or proposes a data center described as entirely sovereign. The project represents a domestic data infrastructure initiative in Canada. La Presse, 2025-10-20. La Presse local outlet (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)
- Virginia News item
NAO-2025-01543 (Project Sisson, Stafford, Virginia). The US Army Corps of Engineers Norfolk District received permit application NAO-2025-01543 for Project Sisson data center in Stafford County, Virginia. nao.usace.army.mil, 2025-10-20. nao.usace.army.mil primary source (reported on this date) (reported on; the source's own date)
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